William A. Jacobson is a Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Securities Law Clinic at Cornell Law School.
He is a 1981 graduate of Hamilton College and a 1984 graduate of Harvard Law School. At Harvard he was Senior Editor of the Harvard International Law Journal and Director of Litigation for the Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project.
Prior to joining the Cornell law faculty in 2007, Professor Jacobson had a highly successful civil litigation and arbitration practice in Providence, Rhode Island, concentrating in investment, employment, and business disputes in the securities industry, including many high profile cases reported in leading newspapers and magazines.
Professor Jacobson has argued cases in numerous federal and state courts, including the Courts of Appeal for the First, Fifth and Sixth Circuits, and the Rhode Island Supreme Court.
Professor Jacobson has a national reputation as a leading practitioner in securities arbitration. He was Treasurer, and is a former member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association, a professional organization of attorneys dedicated to protecting public investors. He frequently is quoted in national media on issues related to investment fraud and investor protection, and in the past has served as one of a small number of private practice attorneys who trained new arbitrators for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
Professor Jacobson is co-author of the Securities Arbitration Desk Reference (Thomson-Reuters), updated annually.
Professor Jacobson is frequently quoted in the media on political and legal topics, has authored many Op-Eds in major publications, and appears on television and radio to discuss politics and the law.
A more complete listing of Professor Jacobson's professional background is available at the Cornell Law School website. The views expressed here are his own and not those of any employer or organization,
The best way to reach Prof. Jacobson is by e-mail here.
"They truly believe that they know better and they're immune to accountability, and now they're finding out otherwise."...
Meanwhile, Chief Justice Roberts, Mr. Let the System Work, is Twiddling His Thumbs While the Judiciary Burns....
"This year, the nonprofit Equal Protection Project has sharply stepped up its campaign of anti-discrimination complaints." (The Hartford Courant)...
This is being reported in the media as some big Trump victory. It's not. The executive branch improperly was deprived of the right to run the Treasury Department the way it wanted for three months. That's three months it can never get back....
Who are these "unexpected heavy hitters" -- they are neither unexpected nor heavy hitters....
Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, is a small but highly ranked school that has a disproportionate number of discriminatory scholarships....
“Speaking with American Men: A Strategic Plan” — to “study the syntax, language and content that gains attention and virality in these spaces,” including buying advertisements in video games....
Chief Justice Roberts "could use the bully pulpit to get the District court judges in line, much like he's tried to use the bully pulpit to get the Trump administration in line."...
My appearance on The Ingraham Angle: "There's a huge cultural gap that people are looking at in the country and saying, you know, Harvard has turned into a bubble which really in many ways opposes the country, ...
Is there a "consitutional crisis"? And if so, who is causing it, the executive branch or the judiciary?...
"Once the decedents fell to the ground, RODRIGUEZ is captured on the video advancing closer to the decedents, leaning over with them with his arm extended, and firing several more times. As Decedent-1 attempted to crawl away from RODRIGUEZ, he followed behind her and fired...
Two staffers at the Israeli Embassy in D.C. were shot dead outside a Jewish Museum event. The suspect chanted "Free, Free Palestine" when arrested, and reportedly is a far left activist from Chicago....
You are going to love Justice Ho. It should only happen....
Post-Inauguration 2025 has been the busiest we've ever been....
Our Op-Ed in The NY Post about Ames v. Ohio: "If the Supreme Court rules as expected, reverse discrimination will soon be just as illegal as regular discrimination is in this country. And that will be a great day for equality in America."...
“Ending the discrimination, however, is not sufficient. There needs to be accountability. First and foremost, Loyola Marymount should apologize to the community."...
"The problem for the Trump administration is they have to win every case because any judge can issue a national injunction, whereas the people challenging the administration only need to win once...
So it continues. Millions flow in illegally, but only a relative trickle can flow out. This is an untenable situation....
